Exam 17: Emerging Adulthood

In the United States today, a couple's first shared household is more likely to involve cohabitation, not marriage.

Generally, emerging adulthood is characterized by _____ health.

Which statement about personality in emerging adulthood is true?

Erik Erikson's sixth developmental crisis occurs during emerging adulthood and is known as intimacy versus independence.

The average young adult holds one or two distinct jobs between ages 18 and 25.

Intimacy is the desire for _____.

Health habits in emerging adulthood do not affect health in middle age.

The worry that one's appearance or behavior will be misused to confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitude is referred to as _____.

Whereas Piaget focused on problem solving in child and adolescent cognitive development, postformal thought focuses on _____.

Which is the more mature response to an identity crisis?

Describe the impact of the college experience on cognitive development. Discuss ways in which college has improved in recent years and ways in which it has become less effective.

Shaun has just taken a position as an emergency room nurse. He is likely to see _____.

Bart is 21 years old and is not sure what kind of work he would like to do after college. Like many Americans his age, Bart has not yet developed a(n) _____ identity.

Young males have always experienced what demographers call a(n) _____ at about age 20.

Jordan is a freshman in college right now. Based on recent research, we can expect that he may _____ over the next two years.

Why are modern college students less likely to advance in their postformal thinking during their first two years of college than students from 20 years ago?

Makayla was a sophomore thriving in college when her father was laid off from his job. Even with financial aid, the family could no longer afford to send her to school, so she left to get a full-time job at a restaurant near the family home. This situation illustrates the _____ of families.

Which person is most likely to experience the strongest benefits from college?

For most Western emerging adults, what is considered the primary prerequisite for marriage?

_____ is an arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together in a committed romantic relationship.